What about murder?
Lawyers will still be able to shield their clients. So this is not really about catching perverts.
As despicable as this is the clergy exemption should stay. Freedom of Religion. The tough cases are always the starting point for eroding our rights.
It’s a short step from this to outlawing the Catholic faith entirely. Some people seem to be comfortable with that idea.
I think it will spark a civil war.
I wouldn’t be surprised if some leftists want that.
”14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The slippery slope. Next will be attorney client privilege.
I was raised Catholic, and will remain so in my heart,
but I have always agreed with this in principal.
If there is a severe and horrible crime that has been committed, a crime that will continue to endanger more and more people, I think the priest owes it to humanity to tell authorities. I do.
Decades ago, I read a book about Albert DeSalvo; aka The Boston Strangler. Many years before he was finally arrested on those charges, he is said to have confessed to many of the killings. He spoke to a cellmate of the time, not a priest, so the confessions were not deemed appropriate for use in court. But what if he had spoken to a priest, one assigned to speak to prisoners. Should such a priest never have said anything, leaving multiple murder cases forever unsolved?
is this when the priest is confessing or hearing the confession?
Chances are pretty good that it’s the priest doing the abusing.
How about a bill prosecuting Planned Parenthood when they perform abortions on underage girls?
These arrogant perverts calling themselves “democrats are promoting in your face government through the use of legislating political correctness aimed at the destruction of our constitutional system. They should be called for what they are arrogant perverts promoting a socialist political system
Then people, even those not guilty of the specific crime will no longer give a truthful confession since who knows when they’ll decide to roll things back even further completely destroying the point of the sacrament.
It won’t happen.
Have you ever heard of the Seal of Confession?
| 1467 Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use of knowledge that confession gives him about penitents' lives. This secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the "sacramental seal," because what the penitent has made known to the priest remains "sealed" by the sacrament. |
Why put prosecuting perverts on the priests? It should not be the priest’s obligation to be a snitch on people in confession.
I have yet to see anyone give an explanation of how this is supposed to work in practice. Seems like a pretty low bar, for those that support this. Just a walk through on what supposedly is going to happen when a priest is accused of not reporting. What happens then?
Freegards
I agree it is the heighth of ignorance. but it just goes to show you what Liberal politicians are capable of doing. Kalifornia or NY doesn’t surprise me in the least.